http://randomjohn.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/scooped-sciency-debunkery-and-other-pseudoskeptical-topics/ Personal development, politics, and occasionally some statistics Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:58:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://randomjohn.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/scooped-sciency-debunkery-and-other-pseudoskeptical-topics/#comment-288 John Sat, 18 Feb 2006 21:16:34 +0000 http://randomjohn.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/scooped-sciency-debunkery-and-other-pseudoskeptical-topics/#comment-288 I find it fascinating that certain scientists and skeptics close the door on certain issues such as the possible connections of mercury and autism (or autism-like symptoms) when basic scientific ideas such as gravity are "not as closed":http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/improved_einstein_theory.html?1322006. I find it fascinating that certain scientists and skeptics close the door on certain issues such as the possible connections of mercury and autism (or autism-like symptoms) when basic scientific ideas such as gravity are “not as closed”:http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/improved_einstein_theory.html?1322006.

]]> http://randomjohn.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/scooped-sciency-debunkery-and-other-pseudoskeptical-topics/#comment-287 Wade Rankin Sat, 18 Feb 2006 03:15:08 +0000 http://randomjohn.wordpress.com/2006/02/16/scooped-sciency-debunkery-and-other-pseudoskeptical-topics/#comment-287 Huzzah! Healthy skepticism certainly requires some rational basis for a course of action, but the inability to prove a treatment's efficacy beyond all reasonable doubt should not cut off further exploration of the issue. Sometimes the plural of anecdote can be data. Huzzah! Healthy skepticism certainly requires some rational basis for a course of action, but the inability to prove a treatment’s efficacy beyond all reasonable doubt should not cut off further exploration of the issue. Sometimes the plural of anecdote can be data.

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